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Avian eggshell thickness in relation to egg morphometrics, embryonic development, and mercury contamination

Eggshell thickness is important for physiological, ecological, and ecotoxicological studies on birds; however, empirical eggshell thickness measurements for many species and regions are limited. We measured eggshell thickness at the equator and the egg poles for 12 avian species and related eggshell...

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Autores principales: Peterson, Sarah H., Ackerman, Joshua T., Herzog, Mark P., Toney, Matthew S., Cooney, Breanne, Hartman, C. Alex
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7452760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6570